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[Camano Ridge]

KT, thank you for the kind words.

Very Nice knife.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Those are some fine holsters, Henrik. Classy, as always.

Those scabbards look very cool, Camano. The bandolier is a great idea.

KT, that's one beautiful knife. Wade sure does nice work.

[Camano Ridge]

Customer wanted a Pancake style holster that snapped on the belt. Here is my version of a SnapCake (based on the Axiom style holster) This is for a Taurus Judge. Customer requested the two tone Ranger badge style Concho.

[KidTerico]

Camano keep m coming . Love your work. KT

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Good pancake design. It looks like it would be comfortable. Thumbs up.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

C. R. ,It looks good , nice design...

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[KidTerico]

Last two knifes scrimshawed by Linda Stone. KT

[Camano Ridge]

They are both very impressive. I realy like  the second one.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Beautiful knives, KT. The scrimshaw she did is very well done.

[Major 2]

Not leather per-say , but I hope y'll will find some interest in this trunk

here is the background... it's a survivor ..

A Victorian metal trunk circa 1887-mid 1920's , these trunks were used as Steamer trunks & travelers.
Mine and the subject of this re-purpose  and restoration is dated 1901.

I acquired it from Walt Disney World, where it had been in rotation use as a Emporium prop, that is it was used as a display piece
last used to showcase Disney Plush Characters.  
They,  I was told acquired it from Ringling Bros. Circus lot purchase 30 years ago ...Or so the inventory list states...

How I came to get it, is not so interesting, seems they were going to scrap it  
I asked and they gave it to me  

So what I started with was, the trunk dented and with character, though it had been painted dull silver...
One could see the original color has been brown , and at some point navy blue inside  

So I began, first to remove the old paint but only to the OEM color... I decide not to hammer out any of the well earned dents..
and a search to find the parts to repair the locks missing pieces.
Ebay was my friend, and in my search I found several more Trunks for sale and selling at prices as high as $240  

So below is the $240 selling piece, the Mustard yellow one , and another in brown, I saw on Australian Ebay, bidding was @ 90 £ pounds  .

and finally my restoration ,  ( appears to shine, but that just the angle of the sun through the bay window )
Note:  the restored  Titanic Steamer label I reproduced...

It is now re-purposed as our needed coffee table.

[Major 2]

Close-up of the original Titanic steamer label  

Note: my reproduction above

[Johnny McCrae]

Howdy Major,
Great pictures and an interesting story to boot.

At the NCOWS Nationals I camp in the primitive area. I use a trunk that my wife's grandmother brought over from Italy in the early 1900's. My non period stuff gets hidden it. My father-in -law re-painted and restored the inside of this trunk.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Very nice find, Major. It looks great. How cool it is that you were able to save it from being destroyed. The story around it is fascinating. Congrats. Thumbs-up for the label, too. Would a label like that be put on all trunks being brought aboard or just ones owned by the shipping line?

Johnny, that trunk is also a fine one. It makes a great end table. 

Thanks for sharing them, pards.

[Major 2]

can't say on the label .... seems it use would have been rare ...
I liked the Titanic label so I chose to  use it... in reality , a trunk so labeled would be on the Atlantic floor 
Unless off loaded at Cherbourg  or Queenstown prior to the fateful crossing.

Trunks of the time were often covered with such.... I reproduced a few old Hotel ones as well and attached them  ....a search will net many designs and I suppose they were the mark of a Trunk well traveled.

[Skeeter Lewis]

This is a drinking flagon, a 'flacket' specifically. When the Mary Rose (Henry VIII's flagship which sank in 1545) was eventually raised many hundreds of objects were found and conserved. Among them was the original of this flacket. I found the archaeological illustrations online, magnified them to the right size and reconstructed it as accurately as I could. I wet-moulded it around two wooden formers using 8-9 oz. leather (the same weight as the original) and sewed the two halves together. There are two lines of stitching for watertightness.
I have yet to line it with brewer's pitch and fit a neck gasket. It's about 9 inches high.
It's more than likely that this type of all-leather 'canteen' was duplicated in other cultures. Mexican, perhaps?
Skeet

[Blair]

Skeeter,

Nice work.

I have two similar containers made for me by Erik Myall, a harness maker a Colonial Williamsburg.
The drinking vessel is called a "black jack" and was probably the most common type drinking container for most people.
The other is simply referred to as a "water bottle" (canteen)
These types of containers date back to the early Middle Ages throughout much of Europe and very easily found their way to the New World.
My best,
Blair

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Looks great, Skeet. Nice job carrying out that design.

[Camano Ridge]

Skeeter, it looks great.

[Major 2]

That is very cool...
I have an old one that was shot bag or at least found with shot in it 
not as large, maybe.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Nice work every one, thanks for sharing and giving us a look see 


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